Bulysses
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| Name | Bulysses | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.519 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-82 (Siegfried Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 62.40N, 38.50W - Grid AD 7140 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 61 (1 dead and 60 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 | ||
| Route | New York - Sydney (30 Aug) - Stanlow | ||
| Cargo | 9300 tons of gas oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.51 hours on 11 Sep, 1941, U-82 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-42 south of Cape Farewell. The first three torpedoes missed and the fourth hit the Bulysses, which exploded. The stern shot at 02.12 hours hit the Gypsum Queen, which sank within one minute. One crew member from the Bulysses (Master Bartram Lamb) was lost. The master, 53 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Finnish merchant Wisla and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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